A chronic condition meant Nile Moss was no stranger to the emergency room – from birth to age 15, late night trips to the hospital for testing and care were not unusual. Nile’s family relied on the health-care system to help him overcome this challenge, but they did not expect that it would also expose him to something ultimately more dangerous…
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Antibiotics: A Vital Resource
Bacterial infections that cannot be cured by existing antibiotics are becoming more common every day and are exacting a terrible price on patients and healthcare providers in the United States.
A supply of effective and affordable antibiotics cannot be sustained without changes to the real-world incentives facing patients, physicians, hospitals, insurers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Our inaugural report, Extending the Cure: Policy Responses to the Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance, is a comprehensive study that explores incentive-based policies to protect antibiotic effectiveness, a valuable shared resource.
What's New
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Ramanan Laxminarayan was recently cited on Superbug, a MRSA blog
The latest ETC Policy Brief looks at MRSA in communities.
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Anup Malani addresses MRSA screening in a recent letter-to-the-editor